Well despite the best of intentions, I'm not going to get this finished this side of our holidays...
On top of the usual pre-holiday tasks, I have now had two clients drop drawing work on me that needs to be done before we return home, so I have had to pack a basic set of drawing kit and paper (I'm old skool me!) and dig out my slide rule for doing the calculations as the software I use will not work on anything newer than windows 98 so I have no chance of taking it with me!
I am fortunate that Mrs iggie understands that when you run your own business, sometimes it's just not feasible to say no
The good news is that we will be back before the end of the GB, and so I will get her finished then without having to declare a DNF
I will be popping in from overseas as well to keep up with everyone's progress
iggie's coarse-air ***Fresh out of the Factory***
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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Re: iggie's coarse-air
hey Ig, how did you handle fitting the wingtips and maintain the surface ribbing? Thats where I stalled out on my Revell corsair.
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They were a pretty good fit anyway after sanding off the sprue gates, and then I flooded the join with liquid poly and wiggled the tips about until a little molten plastic filled the joints.....no sanding neededSoftscience wrote:hey Ig, how did you handle fitting the wingtips and maintain the surface ribbing? Thats where I stalled out on my Revell corsair.
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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Right, back from holidays......and what the heck happened to the weather?
We've had two weeks of 28-34 degrees C, wall to wall sunshine in Italy
Back to the bench tomorrow evening with luck and a following wind
We've had two weeks of 28-34 degrees C, wall to wall sunshine in Italy
Back to the bench tomorrow evening with luck and a following wind
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
Jim
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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And that's it; all done
I'm still not certain the blue is really anywhere near correct but it'll have to do now....finished it with a W&N gloss varnish as a factory fresh aircraft
I'm still not certain the blue is really anywhere near correct but it'll have to do now....finished it with a W&N gloss varnish as a factory fresh aircraft
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Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
Jim
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"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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Lovely. Well done iggie
Enjoyment over accuracy. That's my motto
Re: iggie's coarse-air ***Fresh out of the Factory***
That's a sweet looking Corsair!! Well done, indeed!
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That looks great iggie.
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Beautiful corsair!!
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Cheers folks!
It's a really nice kit to build, and the scheme certainly catches your eye in the cabinet
It's a really nice kit to build, and the scheme certainly catches your eye in the cabinet
Best wishes
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
Jim
If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"